Sanitary wash cloth



March 5, 1935. J. H. LE coNEY l SANITARY WASH CLOTH Filed Ju l, 1953APatented Mar. 5, i935 i NrTap sTATss PATENT ortica SANITARY WASH CLOTHJoseph H. Le Coney, Bedford, Mass., assigner te Earnshaw KnittingCompany, Newton, Mass., a corporation ot Massachusetts Application July1, 1933, Serial No. 678,557

1 Claim. (Cl. 15V-122) This invention relates to a sanitary wash Thepocket is shown as centrally locatedin cloth. the wash cloth but it isobvious that it may be The principal object ofthe invention is theformed in any portion of the article. 'I'he sizes production of asanitary wash cloth which may and shapes of the wash cloth and thepocket 5 be thrown away after one use. may be varied to suit therequirements of use or 5 Another object of the invention is theprovision to conform to particular purposes. of a wash cloth providedwith a pocket for car- My invention has many advantages. Wash rying asupply of soap in granulated or powcloths made in accordance therewithcan be I dered form sufficient for one use. made and sold in sealedpackages at a very low 1o Further objects of the invention will be inpart cost and when so packed are maintained in a 10 obvious and in parthereinafter described. perfect sanitary condition up-to the time of use.

My invention contemplates a wash cloth of Since each wash cloth containsa supply of deany material suitable for that purpose, but preftergentmaterial entirely adequate for one use, erably of textile material,having a small closed which material is protected from contamination,

l5 pocket formed therein by stitching or otherwise, it is unnecessary toresort to detergents which 15 said pocket being lled with a detergentmatehave been used by others or which have been rial preferably ingranulated or powdered form. exposed to possible contamination.

It is desirable that the material used for the A wash cloth of thisdescription is especially wash cloth be of.cheap but suitable materialso adapted for use onthe tender skinfof infants 2q; that it may be madeat a low cost to justify and children which is very susceptible to im-20 throwing the wash cloth away after a single use. purities either onthe wash cloth or in the deter- In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 isa gent. It is also especially adapted for use in view in perspective ofa wash cloth made in' travelling because of its sanitary qualities andaccordance with the invention and,Figure 2 is because it can be Vthrownaway after one use a sectional view on an enlarged scale on line whichavoidsthe disadvantages of packing a 25 2 2 in Figure l. Wet wash rag.It will be obvious that there are In the preferred form of the inventionillusmany other uses to which a wash cloth of this trated in Figures land 2 of the drawing, the description can be applied with advantage.wash cloth comprises two superposed layers 10 It is to be understoodthat my invention may be 3o and 12 of any material suitable for thatpurpose. embodied in various other forms than that here- 30 Preferably atextile material is used and in the in shown and described all withinthe purview of form shown, a'rectangular sheet of material is thefollowing claims. folded upon itself on line 14 to form an approxi- WhatI daim is; mately square body portion of double thickness. A sanitrywash @10th adapted to he discarded The edges of the two layers, otherthan the ioldafter a single use and comprising a, rectangular 35 ed edge14 are left free and @attached t0 piece of suitable cheap textilematerial folded ea'ch other but it is Obvious that 4my may be uponitself to form two superposed layers of the Stitched together if s@desired same area, said layers being stitched together at In Order t0form a' Closed Docket in the Wash or adjacent the center of said clothto form an 40 010th the two layers 10 and 12 are fastened to'approximately circular closed pocket, said pocket 40 gether in anysuitable manner such as by a circontaining detergent material ingranulated or cle 0f Stitching 18- The pocket is 0f a size adaptpowdered form suillcient for one use only, the ed to hold a supply ofdetergent 16 adequate for reninining portions of said two myers being aSingle use 0f the Wash cloth- The detergent unattached to eachotherexcept at said fold. may be of any form but preferably is in granu-A lated or powdered form and is placed in posi- JOSEPH E LE com. tionbetween the layers just before the pocket is formed by the` stitching18.

